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I have felt close to having to admit myself before but I managed to pull myself through that day.
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I haven’t, but that has become one of my obsessions. It scares me that I may have to one day.
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I have been hospitalized twice in 2007 at Austin state hospital in Texas. They didn't treat the OCD it was a living hell. I was in panic mode. If you feel the need for hospitalization you need to find a place that's OCD smart to get treatment you need. Use your support team and family to make the right choice travel may be involved you will have to think under intense pressure when OCD in intense. You don't want to go to a place where you get ware housed best wishes for anybody in this situation
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Yes, I have been. My anxiety got to the point where I could no longer function.
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I was admitted due to my thoughts, I wanted to commit suicide
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@mark, you perfectly sum up my own experience. Unfortunately when I was hospitalized no one recognized it was OCD. That really made things worse for me in the long run. Additionally, mental health and addiction are all part of my obsessions, so when I was in a community mental health facility it was incredibly triggering and I was getting worse rather than better, resulting in a very long inpatient stay. There are hospitals that treat just OCD. I know of two in New England and LA also has one.
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@anxiousashley, I have no idea where you live but you could do some research to see if there are other programs, which I’m sure there are. From what I have learned about the hospital in Boston, it is covered by insurance and they look into all of that stuff for you before admitting you.
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Yes it was pretty bad
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I have, just wondering how many ppl had to go the that as well
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Thank you all for sharing. I’m currently terrified of having to go back to the hospital. And yes it’s so true all the hospitals I’ve been in don’t treat OCD. It’s just generic group therapy. I’ve never been to a hospital that treats OCD
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I wish I had the money and lived close to one so I could go
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Same here
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(TW- Please don’t read if you have ocd relating to one off/random medical events) ^ ^ ^ ^ okay so this is something I’ve been confused about for YEARS and completely sped up my ocd symptoms, I had a one off seizure a few years ago, it wasn’t a major one but enough to have family take me to the hospital afterwards, I don’t remember anything whilst it was happening and I was unwell at the time too. I did all the tests and nothing came back, even tested for epilepsy but I don’t have that. No one has been able to give me a reason and that set off my ocd since mine is mostly based around things I cant see hurting me or others (contamination ocd) or me making the wrong decision (rOCD, real event etc etc) (no clue I had ocd at this point though, only got diagnosed last year) I know they can be stressed induced too but I remember not feeling that stressed that night and not much was going on… Is there anyone that’s experienced the same thing?? Could it be OCD related at all?
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Good morning to all. I have OCD and have had it since high school. However, I was not formed diagnosed until 2003, when I was 45 . I have a psychiatrist and Licensed therapist, and have been on Zoloft/sertraline ever since. Currently I have to have cataract surgery in a few weeks and I am very anxious about the whole thing. Of course this has been a trigger for my OCD and dealing with it the best I can. Any thoughts ?
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For many years I’ve had contamination OCD. I wear many layers of plastic gloves when awake. Take off a layer when needing to do things. Early last year it started getting worse when I began ERP. Much worse. Showering took 1 hour before, now 3-4h or longer. I always have to shower before bed because the bed is a clean safe place. But showering didnt feel clean enough anymore and took so long. I would get stuck repeating things over and over. The humidity was ruining my walls and ceiling. I’d stay awake up to 40 hours avoiding showering and sleeping. So one day I started wearing clothes covering all skin, plastic gloves, sleeves taped, hoodie on. That way I could easily just sleep still on my back on the couch. No more awake 40 hours or stuck in the shower up to 4h + bedtime rituals. But then slowly I found myself unable to do… anything. Stopped going outside, stopped talking to people, can’t even get up some days so I just lay on the couch. Fall last year was very stressful I think it broke something in my head. I don’t change clothes and I make sure the gloves last many days. My hands are suffering. The skin blisters and comes off. I think my nails are now separating from the nail beds, for real. I’ve also spent so many years holding pee when outside the home that now the pelvic muscles are weak and I’m becoming urge incontinent. Can’t do physical exams at the doctors. Can’t seek help. Can’t get out of the couch. OCD is ruining my physical health. ERP did not work. Has this happened to anyone else? What did you do if so?
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